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Many recognize certain sleep time dreams as a message alerting them to an aspect of the self that is out of balance. For example, one may dream of being chased down a never ending hallway. All night long something scary pursues you, never quite catching you, but always pursuing. In this example, the dream is a beacon that there is an unresolved issue residing below consciousness. The mind will often use wake time experiences in the dream to symbolize a message. Almost as if it were cutting different letters out of a magazine and gluing them on a paper to make words and sentences. But in sleep time dreams, the messages are disguised in symbolism and stories. These stories are often based on the archetypical perceptions of our subconscious mind. Understanding ourselves and the archetypes of our society is important to understanding dreams. There are dream books available that may contain some accuracy, but they will be based on the author’s perspective and not necessarily yours. The wake time understanding of the sleep time dream is best accomplished through heartfelt analysis from a Higher view point.

Like sleep time, much of wake time also contains messages from Spirit as to the general state of our being. Take a moment to consider your view of the world. Listen to the mind chatter that is always there. Does it perceive a world of strife and lack? Do you feel anxiety or anger? Or does it perceive a world of love and sharing? Either way is ok. The point is that the wake time experience is also a dream; a message from spirit on the state of your consciousness. If there is lack, strife or discord in your wake time dream, spirit is telling you that your perception of some lifetime experience is out of balance with the universe. This is not judged as good or bad. It is more like learning to ride a bike. If you fall off the bike, you are not a bad person. You simply get up, dust yourself off, and try again, without personal judgment.

Western cultural collective believes that wake time is real, and we must toil and struggle to survive. If we live a good life based on some human created standards, we might find a morsel of happiness in this life or after. We become lost in our story: good or bad. This story is the illusion of concreteness masquerading what is really just a waking dream, or a message from spirit showing us the path. The waking dream is not reality. It is a street sign pointing at perceptions that we hold within. Our perception creates our reality.

The illusion of the waking dream tells us that what we experience is reality and outside of our control; that we are a victim of circumstances. The first step is to recognize that in the wake time dream we have no control over others. We do have control over the way we view any situation. When we perceive ourselves as the victim of attack, it is usually spirit telling us that we have a perception or memory out of alignment with the Universe. This boils down to a past traumatic experience that we hold deep in our subconscious. This experience causes us to tighten up into one big knot. The Truth is that our perception of the waking dream is fully within our control. We can let the knot within unravel.

To heal does not mean to extract or get rid of, as modern medicine does with a sick organ. To truly heal is to own our projections as a part of who we are. To reevaluate our experiences from a Higher place where we can understand and view it differently. In the case of abuse, we might perceive that the perpetrator is just doing the best they can. They are lost in the illusion and believe abuse is how to express love. Your own truth will come from that higher place found through meditation and heartfelt introspection. Upon healing, your pain becomes your source of strength.

This perceptual change is not one that we can just think about and shift. It must come from the feeling level; from an “ah hah” moment when we truly see a different point of view. We can accomplish this on our own, but the bigger issues are best accomplished with the guidance of a trained facilitator. Sometimes the emotional charge is too great to rise above. When doing your own work on the less charged experiences, daily yoga, breath work and mediation are the best way to remove the emotional charge enough to allow a different point of view, or to shift your perception of a life experience.

Step off the stage of your waking dream and ask yourself how you perceive life? If you experience strife, attacks, or lack, realize that somewhere in your experience there is a point in time where you interpreted something as bad and created trauma. Take that moment into your meditation and feel it from the Higher perspective beyond good and bad. Allow yourself to feel compassion for your perpetrator. Feel that “ah hah” moment when the energy shifts allowing love and light to fill your body. This is forgiveness. This is taking one step closer to divinity. This is the waking dream.